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One medical model to rule them all

In his keynote presentation at the Allen School’s 2024 Research Showcase, professor Sheng Wang shared his work with Microsoft and Providence on multimodal generative AI for medical image analysis to improve disease diagnosis and treatment.

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Anthropic acquires Vercept, one of Seattle’s standout AI startups


Portrait of Kiana Ehsani

Allen School alum Kiana Ehsani (Ph.D., ‘21) co-founded Vercept to advance AI for automating repetitive computer tasks. The company spun out of the Ai2 Incubator and raised $50 million in seed funding before its acquisition by Anthropic, developer of the Claude AI assistant.



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As AI reshapes work, Microsoft and UW expand partnership for training, research


Brad Smith peers over a person's shoulder as they demonstrate a device that uses sound waves to levitate liquid droplets

At an event in the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering, UW President Robert J. Jones and Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith announced they are deepening their partnership with a new effort aimed at preparing Washington state residents for an AI-driven economy.



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KUOW Booming

Professor Dan Grossman discusses software engineering jobs and AI


Portrait of Dan Grossman

On an episode of KUOW’s “Booming” podcast, Grossman explained how the industry has repeatedly been transformed by the emergence of new tools — and how the Allen School is preparing students for the latest transformation alongside the rise of artificial intelligence.



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